Comped shows what executives of US public companies are paid, what stock they own and which boards they sit on. Each number comes from an SEC filing. This page tells you how to cite, embed and download our data.
How to cite
Each record has a Cite action. It copies a plain citation: the name, the record title, Comped, the link and the date of the data.
Below the citation, it lists the SEC source of each number: the form, the filing date, the accession number and the EDGAR link.
The link holds a release number. The release number keeps the numbers of the link the same when new filings come in.
How to embed
Each record has an Embed action for the lead card and for the pay chart. It shows the frame code and a preview. You can set a light or dark theme, and a fixed or full-width size.
An embed shows one source line per filing, the text "Source: Comped" with a link to the record, and the date of the data. It sets no cookies and loads no third-party scripts.
An embed keeps the numbers of the day you made it. When newer data is on file, the embed says so and links to the current record. If we delete an old release, the embed shows the current data and the date of the update.
Your CMS can make an embed from a record link. Paste the link of a person or a company on its own line. Comped supports oEmbed at /oembed?url= and each record page names that endpoint.
How to download
Download CSV gives the values of a section. Each value has its own source columns: form, filing date, accession number and EDGAR link.
A value that the filing does not give is the text "Not disclosed". It is never 0.
Download PNG gives the share card of the record, with the source line in the image.
What the data covers
Deep: client companies and their peers. We read every table of the proxy statement.
Retail: the S&P 1500 first, then the Russell 3000. We read the pay tables, the board and the votes of the proxy statement.
Structured: any other US issuer with Form 4 filers. We do not read the proxy statement. Pages show pay versus performance from XBRL, Form 4 trades, ownership links and prices. A page of this tier names the sections that need a proxy read.
We do not cover private companies, pay that no SEC filing discloses, or trades that no Form 4 reports.
How we measure accuracy
A person checks values against the filing. Code compares our values with the values of the person. The accuracy page shows the score of each data set, the number of values a person checked, and the date.
Corrections
Each record has a "Report a problem" link. A report goes to an operator. It does not show on the site.
When a person fixes a value after a report, the fix goes in the public corrections log: the record, the value, the old and new value, the date and the filing. The log does not show the report text or who sent it.
Reuse and contact
Reuse license: not decided yet.
Press contact: not decided yet.